Out of the Blue to Blue Velvet color palette

About this palette

Out of the Blue to Blue Velvet is a 5-color cool palette: #009BEF (Out of the Blue), #96C2FF (Pastel Blue), #E5EAFF (Cotton Boll), #331F53 (Stormy Night), #006185 (Blue Velvet). It mixes blue, white, purple tones and feels cool overall. The strongest text pairing is #E5EAFF on #331F53 with a contrast ratio of 12.00:1, and 4 of its 10 color pairs pass WCAG AA for normal text.

Color codes

ColorHEXRGBHSL
Out of the Bluergb(0, 155, 239)hsl(201, 100%, 47%)
Pastel Bluergb(150, 194, 255)hsl(215, 100%, 79%)
Cotton Bollrgb(229, 234, 255)hsl(228, 100%, 95%)
Stormy Nightrgb(51, 31, 83)hsl(263, 46%, 22%)
Blue Velvetrgb(0, 97, 133)hsl(196, 100%, 26%)

Accessible color pairs

Pairs with at least 3:1 contrast (large text and UI components); 4.5:1 or more passes WCAG AA for body text.

  • Aa12.00:1 Super#E5EAFF on #331F53
  • Aa12.00:1 Super#331F53 on #E5EAFF
  • Aa7.84:1 Very good#96C2FF on #331F53
  • Aa7.84:1 Very good#331F53 on #96C2FF
  • Aa5.76:1 Good#E5EAFF on #006185
  • Aa5.76:1 Good#006185 on #E5EAFF
  • Aa4.74:1 Good#009BEF on #331F53
  • Aa4.74:1 Good#331F53 on #009BEF

Color blindness preview

  • Protanopia
  • Deuteranopia
  • Tritanopia
  • Achromatopsia
  • Dog vision

CSS variables

/* Out of the Blue to Blue Velvet — https://swatchly.xyz/palette/009bef-96c2ff-e5eaff-331f53-006185 */
:root {
  --out-of-the-blue: #009bef;
  --pastel-blue: #96c2ff;
  --cotton-boll: #e5eaff;
  --stormy-night: #331f53;
  --blue-velvet: #006185;
}

Tailwind CSS v4

/* Out of the Blue to Blue Velvet — https://swatchly.xyz/palette/009bef-96c2ff-e5eaff-331f53-006185 */
@theme {
  --color-out-of-the-blue: #009bef;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-50: #f1f9ff;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-100: #e3f2ff;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-200: #c3e3ff;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-300: #9ad1ff;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-400: #52b5ff;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-500: #009bef;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-600: #007dc2;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-700: #00629a;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-800: #004c79;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-900: #003a5e;
  --color-out-of-the-blue-950: #00233c;
  --color-pastel-blue: #96c2ff;
  --color-pastel-blue-50: #eef5ff;
  --color-pastel-blue-100: #ddebff;
  --color-pastel-blue-200: #bdd9ff;
  --color-pastel-blue-300: #96c2ff;
  --color-pastel-blue-400: #79a2db;
  --color-pastel-blue-500: #5d87c0;
  --color-pastel-blue-600: #456ca3;
  --color-pastel-blue-700: #325587;
  --color-pastel-blue-800: #23426d;
  --color-pastel-blue-900: #183357;
  --color-pastel-blue-950: #0c1f39;
  --color-cotton-boll: #e5eaff;
  --color-cotton-boll-50: #f2f4ff;
  --color-cotton-boll-100: #e5eaff;
  --color-cotton-boll-200: #d3d7e6;
  --color-cotton-boll-300: #bcc0d1;
  --color-cotton-boll-400: #9ca0b3;
  --color-cotton-boll-500: #818598;
  --color-cotton-boll-600: #676b7d;
  --color-cotton-boll-700: #515464;
  --color-cotton-boll-800: #3e4250;
  --color-cotton-boll-900: #2f323e;
  --color-cotton-boll-950: #1d1f27;
  --color-stormy-night: #331f53;
  --color-stormy-night-50: #f6f3ff;
  --color-stormy-night-100: #eee7ff;
  --color-stormy-night-200: #ddceff;
  --color-stormy-night-300: #c7b6ed;
  --color-stormy-night-400: #a794d0;
  --color-stormy-night-500: #8a77b3;
  --color-stormy-night-600: #6f5c95;
  --color-stormy-night-700: #574678;
  --color-stormy-night-800: #42335e;
  --color-stormy-night-900: #331f53;
  --color-stormy-night-950: #1d152d;
  --color-blue-velvet: #006185;
  --color-blue-velvet-50: #eaf7ff;
  --color-blue-velvet-100: #d5f0ff;
  --color-blue-velvet-200: #aae1ff;
  --color-blue-velvet-300: #8cccee;
  --color-blue-velvet-400: #65aed3;
  --color-blue-velvet-500: #4592b9;
  --color-blue-velvet-600: #29789c;
  --color-blue-velvet-700: #006185;
  --color-blue-velvet-800: #004c69;
  --color-blue-velvet-900: #003a52;
  --color-blue-velvet-950: #002435;
}

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